The Vampire Diaries season 5, episode 16, “While You Were Sleeping,” airs tomorrow and now that Elena is back she has to deal with a whole new problem.
Last time on ‘The Vampire Diaries’
The last we saw our favorite Mystic Falls gang, Katherine finally bit the dust (or the whirlwinds, should we say?) and left Elena’s body, but not before giving Elena a more lethal version of the ripper virus that infected Damon.
Now Elena and Damon are both infected, and Elena will die unless they’re able to stop it. But this won’t keep them from making out, as we saw in the trailer for the episode last week!
This week, Elena and Damon literally want to eat each other
The synopsis for this week’s episode reads:
When Stefant ries to explain recent events to a very sick Elena, her first instinct is to call Damon. At the same time, Damon is trying to figure out how to make a disturbing confession to Elena. While going through Dr. Wes’ files, Caroline discovers a frightening secret, and is surprised when Enzo appears, claiming to have the solution everyone is searching for. At Enzo’s insistence, Caroline asks Stefan to meet her at a mysterious location where they are joined by a group of Travelers, including Sloan, who reveals new information on the importance of doppelgangers. During spring break on a mostly deserted Whitmore campus, Elena runs into Luke, a student who seems to know her, though she has no memory of meeting him. Recently dumped by his boyfriend, Luke proposes that he and Elena spend the break getting drunk together, but she sends him off on an urgent mission to find Bonnie and the “newbie” witch, Liv. Damon finally tells Elena the truth about his recent activities, and they come to a new agreement about their relationship.
Oh man, we can’t wait to see Luke! We reported on him being Mystic Fall’s first gay teen, and we’re hoping he sticks around to make some love connections on the show. What could Enzo possibly know about the ripper virus, and what’s the importance of doppelgangers? We’re so confused!
Check out the stills from the episode, which show Sloan doing some sort of weird traveler type magic on Stefan.
We’ve also got a couple clips to share!
In the first clip, Liv is bragging about her abilities to lock Elena in her dorm, when Bonnie tells her to start a fire using a simple fire spell. Liv tries, and Liv fails.
In the second clip, Jeremy and Matt are giving Damon his daily dose of blood to keep him alive but not dangerous, when Damon points out that he is going to be the one to tell Elena that he killed Aaron Whitmore.